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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 31.16.10.06" title_num="31" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="10" heading="Information.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Commissioner may request accounts, records, documents, files, logs, photographs, or other information necessary to complete a complaint investigation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Whenever a carrier receives a request from the Commissioner for information and documentation, the carrier shall provide the requested information and documentation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>On the date specified by the Commissioner, unless an extension has been granted by the Commissioner in accordance with §§D and E of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In the manner specified by the Commissioner.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the carrier does not have the information or documentation requested by the Commissioner under §A of this regulation, the carrier shall provide the reason the carrier does not have the requested information or documentation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Request for Extension of Time to Respond.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A carrier may submit a written request by first-class mail, facsimile, or electronic mail for an extension of time to respond to a request for information or documentation from the Commissioner.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The request for an extension shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Specify the reason an extension is needed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be received by the Commissioner prior to the date the information or documentation was due.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Upon receipt of a timely written request for an extension under §D of this regulation, the Commissioner shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Grant an extension and provide the requestor with a new date by which the requested information or documentation is to be provided; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Notify the carrier that the request to extend the time is denied.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Information related to a complaint investigation is subject to the Public Information Act, State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 6, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A carrier submitting information to the Commissioner during a complaint investigation may submit a written request that the information not be disclosed under the Public Information Act.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A request under §G of this regulation shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Identify the particular information that the carrier requests not be disclosed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Cite the statutory authority that permits denial of access to the information.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>The Commissioner may review a request made under §G of this regulation upon receipt of a request for access pursuant to the Public Information Act.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>The Commissioner may notify the carrier who made a request under §G of this regulation before granting access to information that was the subject of the request.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>